Multicultural experience and young Chinese people’s subjective well-being: An indirect effect through self-construal

• Main Authors: DAI, Xiaoyu, LEE, Davelle Jing Yi, CHENG, Chi-ying
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2025
• Subjects: Multicultural experience; Self-construal; Subjective well-being; Self-esteem; China; Multicultural Psychology; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4107; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5366/viewcontent/MulticulturalExp_Chinese_swb_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Traditional Chinese culture promotes ingroup harmony and personal conformity, which facilitates a cultural tendency of perceived self-other similarity among Chinese people’s self-concepts. However, with increased exposure to foreign cultures due to globalization, many young Chinese may see themselve...